Naruto - Neglected Sage

The night of October tenth, a disaster had befallen Konohagakure. Unaware and unprepared the village was attacked by the bijū known as the Kyūbi, known also as the Nine Tailed Fox. While many shinobi and kunoichi were putting their lives on the line to defend their home, panic was spreading throughout the ranks as the absence of their leader the, Yondaime Hokage. Meanwhile, in a chamber hidden away within the Hokage Monument; Minato Namikaze was in the process of helping his wife with her delivery of their children.

Minato was in a panic, hearing the sound of his village being destroyed and feeling the Kyūbi's violent attacks throughout the chamber was worrying the young Kage. Weeks ago, Minato had delved into figuring out a way to subdue or destroy the bijū without endangering his wife. From past reports that he had studied and reviewed, a jinchūriki was most vulnerable when giving birth. Though, in the end Minato wasn't successful in finding a solution that he liked. Sealing the beast was the only solution that he had been able to come up with, though the price of sealing the beast was condemning himself and the beast to the Shinigami and his children to carrying such a terrible burden. However, fate had decided otherwise.

"You are lucky mortal. Contracting me using the Shiki Fūjin requires that you forfeit your soul and by extension, your life once the sealing is completed. However, removing you from this plane when your family still requires you, you who gave life to the one chosen. For this, I will pardon the requirement of taking your soul, but I will take something dear to not only you but those who are precious to you as compensation. Do not forget this mortal," the Shinigami ominously said, sealing the yin and yang chakra of the Kyūbi into two of his three children; Naoko, and Mito, respectively.

After the sealing and confrontation with the Shinigami was over, the threat of the Kyūbi adverted, Konoha shifted its attention to treating those injured from the event and to rebuild what was lost.

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"Minato, are you sure that you're alright? You used the Shiki Fūjin but you didn't lose your soul like what was supposed to happen!" a tall man, with a spiky mane of white hair with red paint on his face worriedly asked his disciple, this man was Jiraiya, one of the Legendary Sannin and mentor to Minato.

"Sensei, I told you I'm fine! See, I can do everything without a problem! I need to go see Kushi-chan and my kids, so please stop worrying about me!" Minato replied, creating his fabled Rasengan to emphasize his point to his mentor.

With a sign, Jiraiya relented, patting his student on the shoulder he congratulated him on his defeat of the Kyūbi and of the beginning of his family."I'm proud of you Minato, you've come so far even without my help. I couldn't have asked for a better student." Jiraiya said, pride evident in his voice as he walked with Minato towards the room created specifically for his children.

Walking in quietly, the found what they were looking for. Kushina with her arms full with her, no their children. Wordlessly walking towards her and sitting down, he wrapped her and their children in a loving embrace. "They're beautiful Kushi-chan." Minato said, resting his head on his wife's.

Sinking into her husband's embrace, Kushina sniffled a bit before expressing her sincere thanks to whatever entity that allowed her family to stay together, though what seemed like impossible odds. "Minato-koi, we're together. We're all together. All of us. You didn't have your soul taken, and I survived having the Kyūbi force out. We're going to be able to watch our children grow up and they'll have a family to love and take care of them." Kushina whispered as she sobbed quietly while shaking a little, the all too real possibility that she could've lost her husband and her life, leaving her children alone in the world with no one to care for them taking its toll on her.

Nuzzling his wife and holding her closer, Minato reassured her that nothing would ever threaten to tear about their family again. All through the night, parents and children stayed together until sleep took them as the mental and emotional exhaustion that the two had acc.u.mulated had finally reached its peak. As the night continued on, the oldest born woke up, quietly observing his surroundings, finally focusing his attention towards the ceiling as a voice made its way to his ears.

"Child. I am the one who allowed your father to survive his contract with me, the price of his soul replaced with something that will greatly affect you. As the oldest of the three, the child of prophecy, and the child who will change the world, you will be neglected and forgotten by the ones who should love you in your tender years, more so your father than any other(though unknowingly). That is the exchange that I had made in place of your father's soul. You who will find others to complete you, you who will be the one who will defy all obstacles which will stand before you. Do not fret child, as you will forge a path that will change the world, and remember this, do not give into the hate that will undoubtedly plague your heart in the future to come, because that will be your downfall. Though even I fear the future that would transpire if you lose the first person who stood by you" A bone chilling voice echoed within his mind, completely unaware of his future, the child slowly looked around the room before returning to sleep, the echoes of that voice repeating quieter each time.

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Next Day (Repeat of chapter 1)

Namikaze Minato, or more commonly known as the Yondaime Hokage of the Village Hidden in the Leaves, now stood on the balcony of the Hokage's Tower gazing at the whole of his village that had come for his speech. Next to him was a woman with fair almost pale skin, purple tinted eyes, and long red hair. She was Minato's wife Namikaze Kushina, but what was even more important was that was what she was holding in her arms. For in her arms were two newborn girls.

Stealing a glance at his wife and the two children she was carrying, he let out a sign and turned his attention back to people below him. The civilians and the remaining shinobi that had survived the destruction of the Kyuubi no Kitsune's rampage were present.

"Yesterday, a tragedy occurred that has left us weaker than we have ever been, many have died in order to protect our village and the ones they hold dear. I stand before you today with the heroes of our village." Minato took the two children from his wife and returned to crowd. "Inside these two children are separately sealed both the Kyuubi's Yin and Yang chakra."

The faces of the people were a mixture of fear, horror, and too many confusion.

"But do not be afraid for I have used my most powerful seals to imprison the demon's soul so that it shall never again return to our lands. Now you have not only me… but these two infants…two of my three very own children to thank for this day."

After a few second of letting this information set in; Minato started again, "People of Konoha… I may be the one who had bested the Kyuubi, the one who ended its rampage from destroying our village…but…it was my children who truly stopped the great beast…if it wasn't for their birth on such an ill fated night…the fate of konoha and that of our own would have been sealed."

Giving yet another pause he hoisted the two twins into the air, "My children will…and shall from this day on be known and recognized as the heroes who saved our village form its destruction from a powerful demon. I give you my daughters, Namikaze Mito and Namikaze Naoko!"

As if on que, the crowd below released roars of joy, approval, and acceptance of the two baby girls as their young Hokage smiled brightly thinking of the future with his wife and three kids.